Beyond the fields of lavender and honey-colored farmhouses, the land that launched a thousand fantasies is also home to another kind of delight: dazzling works of art and architecture by some of the ...

Imagine that happy day around 1700, when the monk Dom Perignon, after much fiddling with the double fermentation of his grape juice, stumbled onto a bubbly delight. Having tasted the very first glass ...

French studio Ciguë has elevated this timber-clad home in Saint Julien le Petit, France, above its rural site using slender, removable steel foundations. Looking to contrast the area's traditional ...

Roland Castro's family announced his death on Thursday evening. "He died peacefully, surrounded by his family, in a Parisian hospital," his daughter Elisabeth Castro said. Born into a Jewish family in ...

Francophiles of all kinds flock to Paris, the Dordogne, and Provence in droves, admiring the regions’ historic symbolism, cuisines, and architecture. But just when you think you’ve discovered all that ...

On February 19th, 2014, Odile Decq, the world-renowned French architect, announced the launch of a new private university - the Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in ...

This project emerged from the architects' fascination with the grandeur of AP2, the city's deserted naval hangar. Instead of filling this extraordinary space with a multi-level program, they kept it ...

Co-curators Sana Frini and Philippe Rahm have announced the participants of "4° Celsius entre toi et moi" (4° Celsius Between You and Me), an exhibition that will take place as part of the 3rd ...

In 1918, the cities of northern France were left in ruins. French citizens wanted to forget the war, enjoy the pleasures of peacetime and get on with rebuilding - fast. To do so, they could count on ...

The Romans carried winemaking throughout their empire and across Southern European nations from Spain to modern-day Romania. For the Romans, wine was more than an elixir, it was a valuable trading ...

Faithful hold candles during a "Path of light" procession between Notre Dame Cathedral during the four-day visit in France of Pope Benedict XVI in 2008 (AFP/Getty Images) To many Christians, and ...